Regional Insights: How hospitals are driving up the cost of health carePittsburgh Post GazetteFor many common conditions, 20 percent or more of the patients who are admitted to hospitals have to be admitted again within 30 days after discharge. Worst…
New EPA controls will curb coal-fired plants – Pittsburgh Post Gazette
U.S. News & World Report New EPA controls will curb coal-fired plantsPittsburgh Post GazetteAlso lining up in support of the standards were the American Public Health Association, Environmental Defense Fund, World Resources Institute, American Thoracic Society, the Alliance for Industrial…
Flight 93 first responders still haunted by trauma of 12 years ago – Pittsburgh Post Gazette
Flight 93 first responders still haunted by trauma of 12 years agoPittsburgh Post Gazette11, 2001, arborist Mark Trautman spent four days high up in the surrounding hemlock trees, picking human remains and airplane debris out of the branches. Twelve years…
Excela Health reduces observation waits – Pittsburgh Post Gazette
Excela Health reduces observation waitsPittsburgh Post GazetteIf patients go to the 16-bed observation unit at Westmoreland or the 12-bed unit at Latrobe, their treatment and discharge plan are checked multiple times each day. Observation patients have priority over non-urgent inpatients…
Districts make effort to aim for healthy schools – Pittsburgh Post Gazette
Districts make effort to aim for healthy schoolsPittsburgh Post GazetteFor the second-grader with asthma, a teacher wearing a little too much perfume or a classroom that has a layer of dust can produce a stay-at-home sick day as easily as…
For a better tomorrow, the time to act is now, futurist says – Pittsburgh Post Gazette
For a better tomorrow, the time to act is now, futurist saysPittsburgh Post GazetteHuman nature thrills at the prospects facing the newborn — a new life fat with opportunity, technological breakthroughs, cures for deadly diseases, longer lifespan, advancements in civilization…
A newsmaker you should know: Plum man organizes big efforts for local … – Pittsburgh Post Gazette
A newsmaker you should know: Plum man organizes big efforts for local …Pittsburgh Post GazetteLast year, Mr. Johnson followed up by organizing an Appreciation Day Luncheon for Plum municipal workers. With proceeds from that, he bought 200 … "One EMT…